Gate-closer.



PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

H. W. MEYER.

GATE CLOSER,

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1904.

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No. 793,731. PATENTED JULY 4, 1905. H. w. MEYER.

GATE CLOSER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented ma 4, 1905.

HENRY W. MEYER, OF HANOVER, KANSAS.

GATE-CLOSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 793,731, dated July 4, 1905.

Application filed August 24:, 1904. Serial No. 221,971.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY W. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hanover, in the county of Washington, State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gate-Closers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to gates, and more particularly to means for automatically closing the same, and has for its object to provide a gate so arranged that it will be held normally in its closed position, the arrangement of parts being such that the gate is prevented from being accidentally opened.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, and it will be understood that modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and any suitable materials may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is an elevation of the gate closed. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the gate open. Fig. 1 is a section on line 4 1 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a post 5, having a gate 6 hinged thereto in the usual manner at one point of the plate. Secured to the face of the post, from which the gate extends at right angles, is a plate 7, extending transversely of the post and having its end 8, which lies away from the gate, bent into the form of a hook, as illustrated. Hinged to the plate 7 between its ends is a rod 9, the free end of which is curved in the direction of the gate, and secured to this rod at one end and at its remaining end to the hooked end 8 of the plate 7 is a helical spring 10, the action of which is to hold the rod 9 yieldably at the limit of its movement in the direction of the end 8 of the plate 7. The free end of the rod 9 is provided with a pair of vertically-spaced arms 11, between which there is journaled a grooved roller 12 for a purposeto be presently described.

Secured to the gate 6, adjacent to its hinged end and upon its face which lies in the direction of the rod 9, is a rod 13, the end portions of which are bent at right angles to the central portion in the same direction, as shown at 14:, and these angular portions are provided with perforated wings 15 at their ends, in which are engaged bolts by means of which the rod is secured to the gate, and adjacent to the outer end of the portion of the rod which lies between its angular end portions there is formed a convolution or offset portion 16. With the rod 13 is engaged the grooved roller 12, the rod lying between the spaced arms 11 of the rod 9, and when the gate is in its closed positionthat is, With its free ends against a post 17, which is spaced from the post 7, as illustrated-the roller 12 lies within the convolution 16, so that the gate is held in its closed position, and it is only when considerable force is applied to the gate that the roller is moved out of the convolution and passes along the rod 13 in the direction of the inner end thereof. This opening of the gate places tension on the spring 10, so that when the gate is released it is returned .to its closed position.

It will of course be apparent that the gate may be opened slightly without disengaging the roller from the convolution, thus placing considerable tension upon the spring 10, and when the gate is further opened the roller is disengaged from the convolution, thus maintaining the same tension upon the spring through movement of the roller in the direction of the inner end of the rod .18 and prevent straining of the spring.

What is claimed is- The combination with a support, and a gate hinged thereto, of a rod secured horizontally to the gate and spaced therefrom, said rod having a convolution adjacent to its outer end, a second rod having a roller pivoted thereto and engaged With the first-mentioned rod, rod yieldably With the roller in the convolusaid roller being of a size to enter the convotion and with the gate in its closed position. IO

lution, said rod being pivotally connected at In testimony whereof I afiix my signaturein its remaining end With the support, and a presence of two Witnesses.

spring secured at one end to the second rod HENRY W. MEYER. and connected at its remaining end to the sup- I Witnesses:

port at the opposite side of the rod from the JOHN KOENIG,

gate, said spring being arranged to hold the BERNARD J IMMING. 

